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UFAW International Animal Welfare Science Symposium 3rd - 4th July 2019 Site Oud Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium Science in the Service of Animal Welfare Published by: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, AL4 8AN, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1582 831818; Fax: +44 (0) 1582 831414 Email: [email protected]; Web: www.ufaw.org.uk Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 ©UFAW, June 2019 The International Animal Welfare Science Society Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 Welcome to the UFAW Symposium 2019 We would like to welcome you to Bruges for the latest in UFAW’s programme of themed international meetings, which bring together leading scientists, veterinarians, policy makers and all those with an interest in animals and their welfare, and which UFAW first held in 1957. Animal welfare science advances are needed to inform decisions on the care and legal protection provided for animals. This symposium ‘Advancing animal welfare science: How do we get there? – Who is it good for?’ seeks to explore two major themes. These are: 1) Developments in animal welfare science that are likely to extend our understanding of animals’ needs or how to assess animal welfare or sentience. 2) The interplay and relationship between animal and human welfare. While the primary ethical case for being concerned about animal welfare is the presumption that some animal species have feelings and that those feelings matter to them, benefits to humans are often put forward as reasons for improving animal welfare. Examples include: an improved product for farmed animals, better models for animals used in research or animals more likely to survive and breed successfully if released into the wild for the zoo community. However, it is also the case that animal welfare and human goals and interests are not always linked. With the above themes in mind, those attending this symposium will: Learn about new and exciting innovations and methodologies in animal welfare research and arising from research into sentience in animals. Explore and test the extent of the idea that human and animal interests go hand in hand with improved welfare. Investigate areas of animal use where there are particular challenges to improving animal welfare. Identify new methodologies, approaches and technologies to improve animal welfare that have or could be used to address these challenges. By considering whether and how animal welfare science can be used to make progress in these and other areas, our aim for the symposium is to develop and raise awareness of new ideas and to promote higher quality and better-focused animal welfare science. This symposium is also intended to provide a platform at which both established animal welfare scientists and early career researchers can discuss their work and a forum for the broader community of scientists, veterinarians and others concerned with animal welfare to come together to share knowledge and practice, discuss advances and exchange ideas and views. We hope that it achieves these aims and fosters links between individuals and within the community. We would like to thank all those who are contributing to the meeting, as speakers, poster presenters and chairs, as well as the delegates from the 25 countries who are attending. We look forward to a thought-provoking and engaging couple of days. Stephen Wickens, Robert Hubrecht and Huw Golledge UFAW 1 Advancing animal welfare science: How do we get there? – Who is it good for? UFAW International Symposium 2019 3rd-4th July 2019 Site Oud Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium General Information Organisers: The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an independent registered charity that works with the animal welfare science community worldwide to develop and promote improvements in the welfare of farm, companion, laboratory, captive wild animals and those with which we interact in the wild, through scientific and educational activity. To this end, UFAW: Promotes and supports developments in the science and technology that underpin advances in animal welfare, including the funding of research through its programme of grants, awards and scholarships. Promotes education in animal care and welfare. Provides information, organises symposia, conferences and meetings, publishes books, videos, technical reports and the international quarterly scientific journal Animal Welfare. Provides expert advice to governments and other organisations and helps to draft and amend laws and guidelines. Enlists the energies of animal keepers, scientists, veterinarians, lawyers and others who care about animals. UFAW is an independent organisation, and throughout its history, its work has primarily been funded by donations, subscriptions and legacies. UFAW’s philosophy: The importance of science to animal welfare: Ensuring good welfare is about more than ensuring good health. Animal welfare is about the quality of animals' lives: their feelings. It is now widely agreed, although it is not yet possible to prove absolutely, that many species are sentient - they have the capacity to feel pain and distress, they can suffer and, conversely, be aware of pleasant feelings - and that this matters morally. But how do we assess, from the animal's point of view, what matters to them and how much? “Science informs, motivates and facilitates advances in animal welfare by providing a strong evidence base for changing attitudes and practices, and by creating practical and effective solutions to welfare problems.” UFAW promotes and supports a scientific approach aimed at finding ways to gain insight into what matters to animals, assessing their welfare and improving the quality of their lives through practical developments in all aspects of their care. Change for the better depends on knowledge, understanding and practical solutions. UFAW believes that good science can inform, motivate and facilitate that change - whether through developments in legislation, professional ‘best practice’ or the actions of other organisations and individuals. In promoting and supporting this scientific approach to improving welfare, UFAW's work is wide-ranging and undertaken with many other organisations and individuals - enlisting and informing the energies of animal keepers, scientists, veterinarians, lawyers and others who care about animals. For more details visit: www.ufaw.org.uk 2 The International Animal Welfare Science Society Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 Information about the symposium Venue: Site Oud Sint-Jan Zonnekemeers 18 Bruges 8000 Belgium The venue for the symposium is Site Oud Sint-Jan, which forms part of a complex of buildings that include the 12th century medieval Hospital of St John (Oud Sint-Janshospitaal), one of Europe's oldest surviving hospital buildings. Other parts of the former hospital complex include the Hans Memling museum, where a number of the artist’s works are displayed as well as hospital records, medical instruments and other works of art. Getting to the venue There are two different entrances to the Oud Sint-Jan Site: via the gate at Mariastraat 38 or via the Zonnekemeers, which is also where the car park can be accessed. By car or public transport People travelling by car can park in the Zonnekemeers car park. There are also other car parks nearby: Parking Centrum Zand or Parking Centrum Station. On foot The Oud Sint-Jan Site is just a 10-minute walk from the main railway station. When you leave the station (on the city centre side), cross over the station square and follow the signposts via the Oostmeers until you arrive at the Zonnekemeers. Plus code: 663F+42 Bruges, Belgium (NB This can be used instead of an address on Google maps). The entrance on the Mariastraat is opposite the Church of Our Lady, in the middle of the city centre. Plus code: 663F+MJ Bruges, Belgium Registration: Registration will take place in the lobby of the Site Oud Sint-Jan Conference Centre from 8.00am on Wednesday 3rd July. On registering delegates will receive a delegate list, a timetable, a list of poster presentations and a badge, which allows access to the meeting and to lunch and refreshments. The programme booklet will only be available on-line so if you wish a hard copy then you will need to print it out in advance. Please ensure you wear your lanyard and badge at all times. Please note that only delegates that are registered can attend the scientific programme and that registration is for an individual, not an institution, and is not transferable, unless this has been agreed in advance with UFAW. Failure to agree such may result in individuals being denied entry to the meeting. Talks will take place in the Ambassadeur lecture theatre, next to the lobby, with the poster session, lunch and refreshments being held in the Witte Roos room on the first floor at the times indicated in the timetable. Delegates with any general questions or queries should address these to the staff at the registration desk, in the lobby, in the first instance. Cloakroom facilities are available on request. The symposium programme is a very busy one and delegates are requested to take their seats in plenty of time before the start of each session. These will start promptly at the time indicated in the programme. 3 Advancing animal welfare science: How
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